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GUN METAL 87 SC Forums Junkie Location: SYDNEY Registered: November 2004	Re: How well did you do your own re-spray? Wed, 21 September 2005 12:54 I did my car in acrylic, turned out really well.....but also took a really long time It was a complete respray, did not change the colour tho. my tips for a home spray job. 1) have plenty of time because a rush job will be a crap job 2)Dont skimp, get the right equipment, its labour intensive so you dont want to spend all this time and end up with crap. 3) find someone who has done it before and enlist them for help, payment in burbon and pizza usually helps 4)Find somewhere decent to do it, you will be spending a fair bit of time so make sure if its in doors it can be ventilated, and if its outside keep away from trees etc so crap does not fall in and its far enough away not to annoy your neibors, you would surprised how far overspray can travel and how noisey an air compressor is at 11.00 at night 5) preparation, be prepared to put in the hard yards from the start...dont rush it !!!!!!!! dont cheat, take out the windows, dont try to tape things up etc etc trust me, take it to pieces, taping things SUX and you end up with a CRAP job 6) Normally paint is applied in a pretty much perfect environment with good lighting, temps and CLEAN fresh air etc etc, dont try to paint with crappy conditions, ie humid windy etc etc 7) use a mask and appropriate safety equipment, you want to paint the car NOT you LUNGS choose a straight colour metalics are much harder to get a good even paint and require a lot more skill Finally i am sure you can do it, just do the research. I think the hardest things personally was not rushing and setting up the gun to adjust for the paint to get the best finish, at the end of the day i probably used twice as much paint as a pro, but thats the price of learning [Report message to a moderator]

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	How well did you do your own re-spray?	Jabbott	Mon, 19 September 2005 01:31
	Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?	Pieman	Mon, 19 September 2005 16:20
	Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?	lilcrash	Mon, 19 September 2005 19:23
	Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?	feral4mr2	Mon, 19 September 2005 20:31
	Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?	-=DV=-	Tue, 20 September 2005 00:32
	Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?	feral4mr2	Tue, 20 September 2005 10:13
	Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?	-=DV=-	Tue, 20 September 2005 14:06
	Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?	ed_ma61	Mon, 19 September 2005 21:40
	Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?	justcallmefrank	Mon, 19 September 2005 22:41
	Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?	roman	Mon, 19 September 2005 22:58
	Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?	smt_007	Mon, 19 September 2005 23:06
	Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?	rob_RA40	Mon, 19 September 2005 23:17
	Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?	MR 1JZ	Tue, 20 September 2005 00:26
	Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?	ed_ma61	Tue, 20 September 2005 00:35
	Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?	justcallmefrank	Tue, 20 September 2005 00:53
	Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?	ed_ma61	Tue, 20 September 2005 00:59
	Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?	justcallmefrank	Tue, 20 September 2005 01:42
	Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?	Dale_ta22	Tue, 20 September 2005 01:12
	Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?	Jabbott	Tue, 20 September 2005 01:22
	Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?	Smokey228	Tue, 20 September 2005 01:32
	Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?	ed_ma61	Tue, 20 September 2005 02:18
	Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?	justcallmefrank	Tue, 20 September 2005 02:58
	Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?	ed_ma61	Tue, 20 September 2005 07:46
	Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?	justcallmefrank	Thu, 22 September 2005 23:16
	Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?	deeps	Tue, 20 September 2005 04:26
	Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?	-=DV=-	Tue, 20 September 2005 07:07
	Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?	clubagreenie	Tue, 20 September 2005 13:14
	Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?	esk34	Tue, 20 September 2005 10:48
	Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?	Smokey228	Tue, 20 September 2005 13:49
	Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?	thu187	Wed, 21 September 2005 14:44
	Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?	BlackGT4	Tue, 20 September 2005 11:12
	Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?	Jabbott	Tue, 20 September 2005 13:52
	Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?	EldarO	Tue, 20 September 2005 16:39
	Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?	Major Clod	Wed, 21 September 2005 01:57
	Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?	kewp	Wed, 21 September 2005 04:15
	Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?	AE86slut	Wed, 21 September 2005 04:34
	Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?	kewp	Wed, 21 September 2005 05:47
	Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?	GUN METAL 87 SC	Wed, 21 September 2005 12:54
	Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?	feral4mr2	Wed, 21 September 2005 13:17
	Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?	gearb0x	Thu, 22 September 2005 04:32
	Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?	wilbo666	Wed, 21 September 2005 12:29
	Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?	Roundy	Thu, 22 September 2005 05:16
	Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?	mc68	Thu, 22 September 2005 05:40
	Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?	EldarO	Thu, 22 September 2005 05:52
	Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?	mc68	Thu, 22 September 2005 06:16
	Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?	filthman	Thu, 22 September 2005 17:52
	Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?	chrisss	Fri, 23 September 2005 05:45
	Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?	berad	Fri, 23 September 2005 07:01
	Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?	-=DV=-	Sat, 24 September 2005 23:39
	Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?	filthman	Sat, 24 September 2005 23:11
	Re: How well did you do your own re-spray?	berad	Sun, 25 September 2005 09:12
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